[polyfractal]

To take it a step further, the <0.05 rule is basically an arbitrary assignment. There has been a (rather unsuccessful) push to publish complete p-values, rather than ones just under 0.05. It is then up to the reader to decide what they deem significant.

There are many cases where data is 0.06 or 0.055 but doesn't get a shiny little star.

And then there are cases where scientists just straight up don't understand stats (normality, sample size, what you can compare against, etc). A recent story highlighted that[1].

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3285742